The Brookhaven leader., 1887-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS

DEPUTY ATTORNEY Posi- made motion
before Judge Barrett at New York recent
ly to restrain the Globe Mutual Benefit As
sOciation, an insurance cooperative society,
from insuring the lives of infants in arms,
arguing that they could not become mem
bers of the association and take part in the
elections and other business connected with
it, as provided by the statute. The court
gave counsel week to file briefs.
DUEL was fought IN the City of Mexico
recently between Prince Augustin Iturbide
and Senior Carcedo, both of whom are
members of the Jockey Club. The weapons
used were swords. The Prince wounded
his antagonist in the shoulder, but not dan
gerously.
THE American Society of Naturalists be-
ganits fifth annual meeting in Philadelphia
on the 2Sth. A paper was read by the
President, G. K. Gilbert, of the United
States Coast Survey. 1t was devoted to a
consideration of the methods for finding the
equations for determining rain and thunder
storms, etc. Prof. F. b. Wilson, professor
of biology at Bryn Mawr, addressed the so
ciety upon the subject of molds and their
relation to bacteria
THE Galesburg QlL) opera house was
totally destroyed by fire the other even
ing. The building cost S75, 900: insured for
SIS, 900. Other losses will aggregate $4,000
to S30,OO
THE two masted steamer Sir John burned
at st. John, N. B., the other night. Search
ing parties found the crew of twenty men
huddled together in the NOW on the rocks
at Black Point. Their clothes were frozen
to their bodies and they were suffering
terribly. Five were so seriously burned,
including Captain Purdy, that they could
not live. John Sinclair, the steward, was
drowned while swimming ashore.
CHARLES H. RAYMOND, a dealer IN sup
plies, New York, has assigned. His prefer
ences amounted to $9O5, 700
CAPTAIN SPARROW, an Englishman, who
went to New Mexico last June to go into the
cattle business and who was feeced out OF
his entire fortune, 100, by cattle sharks,
committed suicide by shooting himself at
Las Vegas, N. NJ, recently.
THE annual statement of the savings
banks of Massachusetts is gratifying ex-
hibit. The number of open accounts is
9O6, ,039, an increase of 81 ,252 and the amount
of deposits is S29l ,197 800, an increase OF
$16, 199, ,4SS.
JUDGE H. Fl. TRIMBIE, of Keokuk,
special master in chancery, recently
sold the Wabash road from Council Bluffs
l.
tance, 143 miles, to L. w. Sheldon for ST.
400 900. who bid in the same for committee
of the bondholders.
ACCORDING to advlces from Natal there
is an alarming increase in that colony OF
outrages upon European women by natives.
In many instances the guardians of jails
have experienced great difficulty in pre-
venting the lynching of the criminals, and
there is a general popular demand for pub
lie flogging, branding and hanging OF the
offenders.
Ir is reported that Munich, Germany, is
about to be proclaimed in state OF siege.
AT the Sligo Qreland) assizes all the
Catholic jurors in the panel were rejected
for the trial of moonlighters.
1T is announced that the death has Oc-
Cured in her thatched cottage, near Ayr,
Scotland, of Isabella Burns, the niece OF
the poet and his last near relative. She
had Just completed her eightieth year. For
many years she has been well known to
literary persons of all countries, and had
every summer received visitors from the
admirers of her uncle.
HARVARD COLLEGE receives some S2OO,OOO
from the will of John Q. A. Williams The
estate is left in trust, and when the residue
shall have reached $400, 600 1t is to be given
10 tn6 presluenI anu IoAoWo Va hoA
College. The sum Of 100000 is to be set
apart and known as the Abraham Williams
fund, in memory of the testator's father
and grandfather, the latter being member
of the class of 1744.
NEAR Toronto is being constructed the
first steel steamer ever built in Canada.
The engines, however, are being made in
Scotland
THE viii of the late Sidney NJ. Sabin, OF
La Pores. no, provides that $4,000 shah
he donated % Wabash College, at Craw-
fordsville.
PRIyArE adviees from London report the
Anal conversion OF the Mexican debt into
new consolidated bonds.